(June 20, 2015 at 11:37 pm)Pyrrho Wrote:(June 20, 2015 at 11:22 pm)Mr.wizard Wrote: I don't know, but I do know we have had a healthy dose of religion for a long time and have yet to reach a utopia.
In the days of religion ruling Europe, there was torture and intolerance. We see the same thing today in some countries ruled by religion. Religion is a great evil. Only deluded fools imagine that the days of the Inquisition were good.
Not all secular societies have been good. But all religious ones have been bad.
Just to clarify are you saying religion, in and of itself, as some sort of entity, is "evil?"
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
-walsh
